B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the night they stopped All from sliding. Grade: B.
by StillStandin ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
When a board-topper like Erick All slides to the 245th overall pick, you do not overthink it, and the Packers did not. Good, not great, and the B says as much.
Reaching for Wiley left real value on the table behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 28 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Terrion Arnold in the 41st overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No drama and no debate, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. went about where he belonged in pick 58. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jaden Hicks in No. 88. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Steal is underselling it; Audric Estime at slot 125 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
No edge and no loss on Roger Rosengarten in the 143rd pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jared Wiley well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Austin Reed this early at the Round 6 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Daijun Edwards at slot 219 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Erick All here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
You do not let a linebacker like Trevin Wallace reach No. 255 and blink. They did not. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
